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Road Trip

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I am back from my most recent roadtrip. I loaded up the Tesla and started letting the hands-off Full Self Drive (FSD) supervised take me to points North. First stopping in a campground in Tennesee and up to Pittsburgh for the CIDM Convex Conference (which was the best conference in years). There was a celebration of the 20 years of DITA XML. I was an earlier adopter. My presentation went well and I semi-stealth launched wisdomino. I demo'd some extra cool software we developed and will be selling in weeks to come. It's truely game changing. Of course, there will be much more than that to come. After that it was on to Franklin, PA. to meet with some colleagues in the mining division and onto the farm stopping in Olean NY for the night. I am pretty sure it was the first time I had driven across the entire Allegany National Forest. I ended up driving through the very dark forest expanse during a night time thunderstorm. Although I normally trust the Tesla FSD on the Interstat...
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It is going to be an exciting week. I continue to come to better terms with my Christian faith. Life is a great journey. Take it. I am spending some time in PA again this coming week. It was interesting protesting in Albany this past week and the discussions that followed. It takes quite a bit to get Calvinist conservative farmers to really speak out about injustice. There needs to be a significant weighting factor as compared to the professional protesters and what it takes to get these folks moving. I went to another aviation seminar this past week. This one was on the details regarding airframe icing. General aviation is a great place for someone like me who like to learn. There is no limit on the amount you can learn about flying. I worry about pilots who get the minimum ratings and take their rating privileges to the max. DJ's store is closer to opening. The Grand Opening is planned for Feb 20th! She has a lot of stuff to get done and I am proud of her and her business ...